Day 'o fun with Papa

I have been seeing signs about the Atlanta Botanical Gardens everywhere lately... MARTA bus that drives by, TV commercials, billboards, etc. So I thought it was calling me. I have really only been there once for a wedding and it was raining. They have an exhibit, "Scarecrows in the Garden", for the month of October. I thought, what better way to spend a perfect fall Friday before Halloween than to take Emmie to see the scarecrows.

Papa joined us for the ride. Emmie had a blast! She loved the scarecrows, flowers and waterfalls. Every 2 seconds, she would say "Look at thaaaaat". Despite the upper respiratory infection we have been fighting, she loved it!

We had to stop at every exhibit and touch and see!

Starting to get scared of some of the scarecrows

Waterfall! (Really just a fountain people)

Just cruising down the sidewalk

A real scareCROW

She found a pumpkin patch...

And a swing

Gameday scarecrow. Go Dawgs! Beat the Gators!

Getting tired

Oh, Hey! Anabelle was there, but asleep in the stroller!

Papa and Emmie at the end of our walk

And to top it off, brunch with Papa at J. Cristopher's. Emmie was ready for a N.A.P.!

Gymnastics is over

Sad but true. Gymnastics ended. I only wish I had taken pictures of Emmie getting her ribbon on the last day, but I just didn't have enough hands. Here are some of the last pictures of her at the gym. I think we will have to sign up for another session. She loved it!

Tumbling

Parallel Bar

Cruising on the Beam

Showing off for the teacher

I highly recommend it. She had a blast and learned so many new tricks!

Little House of Art

We tried out a new place in Brookhaven the other day. The Little House of Art. It was great. Emmie had a blast. She created her own canvas painting. A little pricey, but better the mess be made there rather than my house.

My Little Artist

One-eyed Anabelle napped during the painting

Busy on project #2, Pumpkin paper

Taking charge

Looking for more goodies for her painting

Music class

We have started music class again. I never take my camera as I am usually dealing with holding Anabelle and Emmie. Check out this link to Kyle' website. She captured the first day. Pictures are just too cute.

We have a gymnast on our hands!

Emmie has started gymnastics class. And she loves it. I guess she will follow in her daddy's footsteps. If you don't know that story, it is just too long to tell. But hilarious. I will save it for another day :)

Rad like Dad

Trying out the beam. Ps. excuse the photography as I was chasing after Emmie and keeping Anabelle happy by carrying her car seat everywhere. It was tough and I could only capture what I could.

Loving the beam. This one is a bit higher.

Are we seeing a pattern?

Front and center. Teacher's pet

I can't wait for next week. Looks like we found a winner!